It must be a great luxury to be able to just be at home all the time for the first few months of your pup's life, Dju! I know I wouldn't be able to afford to care for my animals if I wasn't working full time. Luckily for us, OH's (full time) working hours have a good cross-over with mine (he leaves earlier than me and gets home earlier), but I'm sure that for a lot of people it's unrealistic to be at home all the time. How do they then have the money to provide appropriate and adequate care?
dilemmax, they are such a gorgeous breed I would be inclined to look for a pup or an older dog via a registered breeder, unless one of the free to good home dogs has all of the breeder info, papers, etc. and you can get a really thorough overview of the dog's background whilst it's been living with the current owner.
